Funnel.



G. P. MONTGOMERY.

FUNNEL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.26, 1912.

Patented N ov.26,1912.

Attorneys Witnesses GLEN FORRIS MONTGOMERY, OF OAK HILL, FLORIDA.

FUNNEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

Application filed January 26, 1912. Serial No. 673,698.

' siding at Oak Hill, in the county of Volusia and State of Florida,have invented a new I and useful Funnel,'of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improvement in funnels. i The primary obect of the present invention is to provide a funnel for gasolene tankstive View of the device.

in which the water or foreign matter is filtered from the gasolene.

A'further object of the invention is to" provide simple .means forremoving the water or foreign matter which accumulates within thefunnel. a a a In the drawings,Figure 1 is a perspec- Fig.2 is' atransverse section. Fig. 3 is a vertical section:

- In the drawings, 10' designates the funnel whiclris provided withtheextension 11 in the bottom of which is arranged a pet cook 12.Secured tothe wall 14 of the extension 11 and extending to a pointadjacent the upper edge of the funnel is a screen 15, a deflector 16being secured to the upper edge of the screen 15 preventing the liquidfrom flowing over said screen. This screen separates the funnel into thecompartments 17 and 17 the oil being poured into the coinpartment 17flowing through the screen into the. compartment 17 passing through thespout 18 into the tank which is to be filled, a screen 19 being disposedover the opening to the spout. The compartment 17 thus re+ ceives theforeign matter contained within I the gasolene, the screen 15 preventingthe same from entering the compartment 17.

Attention is called to the fact that the extension 11 is below the levelof the outlet.20 thus the water which is in the gasolene will settle inthe extension 11 the compartment 17 being" so disposed with relation tothe outlet 20 that the water cannot enter said compartment 17 It will benoted however that the water contained within the oil will not besufficient to fill the exteiision 11, the water under ordinarycircumstances rising but a slight distance in said extension. In orderto conduct the oil from said extension to the spout the pipe 21 isprovided which communicates with said spout and extends;

within an opening 22 in the base of the extension 11 said pipe extendinga sufiicient distance within the extension to prevent the watercontained therein from entering the same, the communication between theextension 11 and the'spout normally being out oif by a plug. which isattached to the upper edge of the funnel by a chain 25, the plug thusbeing readily removed when it is desired to bring the extension 11 intocommunication with the spout. It will be noted that after the oil hasbeen drained from the extension 11 by the removal of the plug 2 1, thewater may be drained from said extension by opening the pet cock 12.

In operation the oil is poured into the fun nel, the same passingthrough the screen 15, and through thespout to the tank to be filled. Itwill be noted that when the oil in the funnel reaches the level of theopening 20 the flow through the spout will cease. It may then be notedwhether the oil in the extension 11 contains water and if such is thecase the pet cook 12 may be opened and the water removed. The pet cockis then closed and the plug 24 removed from the pipe 21 allowing the oilcontained within the extension 11 to pass through to the spout.

What is claimed is:

I 1. A filtering funnel, provided witlroutlets arranged at differentlevels, a screen interposed between the outlets, a spout communicatingwith the upper outlet, and a closure for the lower outlet, said loweroutlet communicating with said spout.

2. A filtering funnel provided with outlets arranged at differentlevels, a spout communicating with the upper outlet, a. screeninterposed between the outlets, a tube communicating with said spout andthe lower outlet, said tube extending through the opening which formssaid outlet, and a plug adapted to close the open end of said tube.

3. A filtering funnel provided with out-lets arranged at differentlevels, a spout communicating with the upper outlet, a tubecommunicating with the lower outlet and with said spout, said tubeextending within the funnel, a closure for said tube, and a pet cockarranged adjacent the lower outlet.

In testimony that I claimtheforegoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GLEN FORRIS MONTGOMERY.

Witnesses:

'A. E. GLISSON, W. L. GILBERT.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Yatents,

- Washington, I). G.

